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The Museum and Library Services Act of 2017 (S. 2271) has been introduced by Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Susan Collins (R-ME), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). The 2017 MLSA reauthorizes the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), showing congressional support for the federal agency and the funding it administers (including LSTA). Please call your Senators and ask them to show their support of libraries by cosponsoring MLSA.

After many years of hard work, we are one step closer to seeing the Marrakesh Treaty implemented in the United States. The Marrakesh Treaty is an international copyright treaty that provides a copyright exception for libraries as authorized entities to make accessible copies of entire articles and books for people with print disabilities and distribute those copies across borders. If your Senators sit on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, ask them to cosponsor the Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act (S. 2559).

In December, the FCC voted to gut the net neutrality protections that limit the power of internet service providers to slow websites, block mobile apps, or in any way control the information we access. Call and email your Representative today and ask them to use a Resolution of Disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the FCC's disturbing rulemaking.

The bipartisan FDLP Modernization Act of 2018 (H.R. 5305) would update the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) to improve public access to government information.The act would provide greater flexibility, facilitate collaboration, streamline program requirements, and allow more libraries to participate in the FDLP, making the program's services more widely available to the public.